Author(s): Kate DiCamillo,Timothy Basil Ering
No. of Pages: 272 pages
Date Published: 01 Mar 2016
Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S.
Format: Paperback | 272 pages
Dimensions: 130 x 194 x 20mm | 226g
Language: English
Publication City/Country: Massachusetts, United States
Edition: Reprint
Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal-winning tale. Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each other's lives. What happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it is your destiny to find out.
With black-and-white illustrations and a refreshed cover by Timothy Basil Ering.